Michigan Woman Wins $1 Million on Unplanned Lottery Ticket

Otsego County woman wins $1M on instant lottery ticket she didn't intend to buy An Otsego County woman's second choice instant lottery ticket recently won her the game's biggest prize of $1 million, according to the Michigan Lottery.

Bonnie Hitchings of Johannesburg, 67, recently tried to purchase a Win $100, $200 or $500 instant ticket at the Shell gas station located at 1025 W. Main St. in Gaylord, but the game was sold out.

Bonnie Hitchings, right, recently won $1 million on a Michigan Lottery Cashword Times 20 instant game ticket.

Instead, she opted for a Cashword Times 20 ticket for $20.

"I scratched the barcode and scanned the ticket three times," Hitchings told the Michigan Lottery.

"I kept getting a message to file a claim at the lottery office, so I assumed their scanner was broken and went out to my car to scan it on the Lottery app.